Method for the induction of genetic parthenocarpy in plants

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides an improved method for the production of genetic parthenocarpy in plants, which includes the steps of: providing a cassette including a DNA coding for modulation of auxin effects in plants, such as the rolB gene, and a promoter specific for the ovary between anthesis and early fruit development to control the DNA sequence and introducing the cassette into a plant. Preferably, the DNA is introduced by transformation of plant material (including seed derived cotyledons), and regeneration of transformed plants. Preferably the method also includes the step of screening the plant for either facultative or obligatory parthenocarpic characteristics.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention concerns a method for production of parthenocarpicplants and more particularly it is a method for producing geneticparthenocarpy.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Fruit setting and development normally depend on successfulfertilization. In tomato and many other species, a major limiting factorfor fruit setting is the extreme sensitivity of the pollen production tomoderately high or low temperatures and inadequate humidity (Picken1984). Parthenocarpy, which is the ability to set seedless fruits,enables to circumvent these environmental constraints on fruitproduction. Consequently, in many fruit bearing plants parthenocarpy isof considerable economic significance.

Parthenocarpy may either be artificially induced in normal plants or mayoccur naturally as the result of a genetic trait. Genetic parthenocarpymay be obligatory or facultative. In the former seeds are never formed.In facultative parthenocarpy seedless fruit is produced whenenvironmental conditions are unfavorable for pollination andfertilization. However, when fertilization does occur seeded fruits areformed, which enables reproductive propagation of the facultativepartienocarpic plants.

Parthenocarpy is discussed in various scientific articles, such as:

Abad M, Monteiro A A (1989) The use of auxins for the production ofgreenhouse tomatoes in mild-winter conditions: A review. Sci Hort 38:167-192.

Gustafson F G (1939a) The cause of natural parthenocalpy. Amer J Bot 26:135-138.

Gustafson F G (1939b) Auxin distribution in fruits and its significancein fruit development. Amer J Bot 26: 189-194.

Ho L C, Hewitt J D (1986) Fruit development. In: The Tomato Crop. AScientific Basis for Improvement. (Athemon JR and Rudich J, Eds),Chapman and Hall, London, New York. Pp. 201-239.

Nitsch J P (1970) Hormonal factors in growth and development. In: Thebiochemistry of fruits and their products (AC Hulme ed). Vol 2, AcademicPress, London. Pp.428-47.

Picken A J (1984) A review of pollination and fruit set in the tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill .) J Hort Sci 59: 1-13.

Varga A, Bruinsma J (1986) Tomato. In: CRC Handbook of Fruit Set andDevelopment (Monselise SP, ed.) CRC Press Inc. Boca Raton, Fla. Pp.461-481. In the tomato, the most effective treatments for induction ofparthenocarpy utilize auxins, synthetic auxins or auxin transportinhibitors (reviewed by Ho and Hewitt 1986, Varga and Bruinsma 1986,Abad and Monteiro 1989). However, this treatment is very laborious sincethe auxin has to be applied to each truss separately, to avoid theadverse effects characteristic to auxin application to the whole plant.

Auxin also appears to play a role in genetic (natural) parthenocarpicfruit set. For example, Gustafson (1939a,b) found that auxinconcentrations in ovaries of parthenocarpic orange, lemon and grapevarieties were significantly higher than in seeded varieties. Based onsimilar data, Nitsch (1970) suggested that natural parthenocarpy isrelated to the ability of seedless varieties to establish a thresholdconcentration of hormones required for fruit set at anthesis.

Several genes which control the effect of auxin in plants are known inthe art.

One such gene, for example, is the rolB gene which is included in TL-DNAof the Agrobacterium rhizogenes agropine-type Ri-Plasmid. (Chilton M D,Tepfer D A, Petit A, David C, Casse-Delbart F, Tempe J (1982)Agrobacterium rhizogenes inserts T-DNA into the genome of host plantroot cells. Nature 295:432-434. Spano L, Pomponi M, Constantino P, vanSloteren G M S and Tempe J (1982) Identification of T-DNA in theroot-inducing plasmid of the agropine type Agrobacterium rhizogenes1855. Plant Mol Biol 1: 291-300, White F F, Ghidossi G, Gordon M P,Nester E W (1982) Tumor induction by Agrobacterium rhizogenes involvesthe transfer of plasmid DNA to the plant genome. Proc. Natl Acad Sci USA79:3193-3197, Willmitzer L, Sanchez-Serrano J, Buschfeld E, Schell J(1982) DNA from Agrobacterium rhizogenes is transfered to and expressedin axenic hairy root plant tissues. Mol Gen Genet 186:16-22., PetersonSG, Stummann B M, Olsen P, Henningsen K W (1989) Structure and functionof root-inducing (Ri) plasmids and their relation to tumor-inducing (Ti)plasmids. Physiol Plant 77:427-435).

Transgenic plants expressing the rolB gene under its native orconstitutuve promoter manifest several syndromes characteristics ofauxin toxicity, such as leaf abnormalities, increased stigma and flowersize, heterostyly and increased formation of adventitious roots on thestem (Schmulling T, Schell J, Spena A (1988) Single genes fromAgrobacterium rhizogenes influence plant development EMBO J7:2621-2629). van Altvorst et al. (van Alvorst A C, Bino R J, van Dijk AJ, Lambers A M J, Lindout W H, van der Mark F, Dons J J M (1992) Effectsof the introduction of Agrobacterium rhizogenes rol genes on tomatoplant and flower development. Plant Sci 83:77-85.) described thephenotypic effects of the various rol genes in transgenic tomato,however, they did not report parthenocarpic fruit development when therolB gene was inserted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides an improved method for the production ofgenetic parthenocarpy in plants.

There is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention a method for the production of genetic parthenocarpyin plants which include the steps of providing a cassette including aDNA sequence coding for modulation of auxin effects in plants, and apromoter specific for the ovary between anthesis and early fruitdevelopment to control the DNA sequence, and introducing the cassetteinto a plant.

Preferably the method also includes the step of screening the plant foreither facultative or obligatory parthenocarpic characteristics.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention thestep of introducing includes the steps of transformation of plantmaterial, and regeneration of transformed plants.

In accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present inventionthe plant material includes seed derived cotyledons.

In accordance with yet another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention the step of transformation includes the steps of providing aplasmid incorporating the cassette, introducing the plasmid intoAgrobacterium tumerfaciens, and incorporating the plasmid into the plantmaterial by co-cultivation with the A. tumerfaciens, including theplasmid.

In accordance with still another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention the DNA sequence coding for modulation of auxin effects inplants, includes the sequences of the rolB gene.

In accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the presentinvention the step of screening includes growing the plant to producefruit, and examining the fruit for seed production under fertilitypermissive conditions.

In accordance with still a further preferred embodiment of the presentinvention the step of screening includes growing the plant to producefruit, and examining the fruit for seed production under fertilityrestrictive conditions.

Preferably the method also includes the step of screening the plant foreither facultative or obligatory parthenocarpic characteristics.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention thetomato plant includes the fruit of the tomato plant.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully fromthe following detailed description taken in conjugation with thedrawings and tables in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic analysis of GUS expression in transgenic plantsharboring various deletions of the TPRP-F1 promoter sequence; a) thiscolumn a indicates the number of independent transgenic plants. b) theevaluation of GUS expression is based on data obtained from fluorometricassay with 4MU. (++++ indicates extremely high fluorescence, +++ veryhigh fluorescence, ++ high fluorescence, + intermediate high, +/-intermediate low, - no fluorescence). c) GUS expression evaluation basedon histochemical assay with X-Gluc. (++ indicates high color developedwithin 2 hr., + high color developed upon overnight incubation, +/-faint color developed upon overnight incubation, - no color developedupon overnight incubation). In contrast Δ -506/-46 35S the minimal -46CaMV-35S promoter is installed in front of the GUS-ORF (open readingframe). In all other plasmids the 5'UTR (untranslated region) of theTPRP-F 1 promoter is retained.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pSB171; The 7KbpHindIII fragment of λG16 was inserted into the HindIII site of plasmidpBluescript SK+.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of the construction of pSBN28; The NsiI fragment ofpBS171 was inserted into the Pst I site of pBluescript.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pPSN33; The mutatedpTPRP-F1 fragment was inserted into the Xba I and Kpn I sites ofpBluescript KS+.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pBSrolB; TheEcoRI-HindIII fragment of pUC19-B26 was ligated into the correspondingsites of pBluescript KS+.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pBSNrolB; The Kpn Ifragment of pBSrolB was ligated into the Kpn I site of pBSN33.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pGB18; The multiplecloning site of pGA492 was replaced by the one of pUC19.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of the construction of plasmid pGB18rolB; TheXba-HindIII fragment of pBSNrolB was ligated into the correspondingsites of pGB 18.

FIG. 9--Seq ID1 shows the sequence of the TPRP-F1 genomic clone,including 2643 bp of the promoter region. The sequence of the promoterregion extending from 1-2483 was not published earlier. The sequenceextending from 2484-4320 was published earlier (Salts Y, Kenigsbuch D,Wachs R, Gruissem W, Barg R (1992) DNA sequence of the tomato fruitexpressed proline-rich protein gene TPRP-F1 reveals an intron within the3'-untranslated transcript. Plant Mol Biol 18:407-409). The ATG codonprinted in bold letters (position 2644-2646) is the translationinitiation codon used for the GUS promoter expression analysis. Theunderlined bold G (position 2235) is the transcription initiation site(unpublished data).

FIG. 10--Seq ID2: shows the sequence of the TPRP-F1 promoter included inthe binary plasmid pGB18rolB (FIG. 8). The sequence corresponds to101-2643 in Table 1.

FIG. 11--Seq ID3: shows a shorter promoter that confers ovary and embryospecificity (From 943-2643 in Table 1)

FIG. 12--Seq ID4: shows an alternative combination of sequence from theTPRP-F1 promoter that confers ovary and developing embryo specificity(From 1-1728 fused to 2079-2643, Table 1)

FIG. 13--Seq ID5: shows the sequence of the rolB gene included in thebinary vector pGB18rolB (see FIG. 5). The sequence is that presented inSlightom et al (Slightom J L, Durand-Tardif M, Jouanin L, Tepfer D(1986). Nucleotide sequence analysis of TL-DNA of Agrobacteriumrhizogenes Agropine type plasmid. Identification of open reading frames.J. Biol Chem 261:108-121).

The translation initiation codon (position 40) is presented in boldletters.

FIG. 14-Table 6: shows seed bearing phenotype of the variousparthenocarpic transgenic plants (R₀) and their progenies (R₁).

FIG. 15--Table 7: shows the analysis of characteristics of fruitsdeveloped on R₂ transgenic plants and the parental line MP-1. Withincolumns values followed by common letters do not differ significantly atP=0.05.

In table 7:

1) nP1=number of plants sampled, nFr=total number of fruits sampled fromthe given number of plants, fruits were collected between 14-30 June1995.

2) The total number of fruits on the plant when sampled (only fruitsgreater than 15 nun were counted).

3) F and P values for the data presented in the column, Anova test wasperformed using Graphpad Instat 2.01 program for MacIntosh, includingTurkey test for analysis of all pairs within the column.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Reference is now made to the method involved in the production ofgenetic parthenocarpy in plants. The method for production includesproviding a cassette including a DNA sequence coding for modulation ofauxin effects, and a promoter specific for the ovary between anthesisand early fruit production to control the DNA sequence, introducing thecassette into a plant, and screening the plant for parthenocarpiccharacteristics.

Materials & Methods

Bacterial strains and cultures: The E. Coli strain DH5α (Raleigh E A,Lech K, Brent R. (1989) In Current protocols in molecular biology (Eds.Ausubel F M et al. Publishing associates and Wiley Interscience NY, Unit1.4) served for all the plasmid construction steps, and strain SM10(Simon R, Preifer U, Puhler A (1983) A broad host mobilization systemfor in vitro genetic engineering: transposon mutagenesis inGram-negative bacteria. Bio/technology 1:784-791) served for conjugationof the plasmids into Agrobacterium tumefaciens. PCR, DNA and RNAanalysis, and recombinant plasmids construction were performed accordingto established procedures: (Ausubel F M, Kingsten R E, Moore D D, SmithJ A, Seideman J G, Struhl K. (1988) Current protocols in molecularbiology Wiley InterScience, Sambrook J, Fritsch E F, Maniatis T (1989).Molecular Cloning. A laboratory manual. Second edition. Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory Press, USA.)

EXAMPLE 1

Detailed analysis of the ovary and early fruit specific TPRP-F1 promoter

The promoter of the TPRP-F1 gene was isolated following thecharacterization of the TPRP-F1 gene as an ovary and early fruitspecific one, and following sequencing of the gene's coding region(Salts Y, Wachs R, Gruissem W, Barg R (1991). Sequence coding for anovel proline-rich protein preferentially expressed in young tomatofruit. Plant Mol Biol 17: 149-150 and Salts et al 1992). Later on agenomic clone was isolated. The sequence of the genomic clone includingputative promoter region extending 2643 bp 5' to the translationinitiation codon is presented in Seq ID1. The sequenced of the codingregion, including 160 bp 5' to the translation initiation codon(position 2643 in Seq ID1) was published previously (Salts et al. 1992),while the sequence extending between 1-2644 (Seq ID1) was not published.

In the present invention, the ATG codon (starting at position 2644 inSeq ID1) served as the initiation codon of all the constructs containingthe TPRP-P1 gene promoter used in the described experiments.

A preliminary functional analysis of the promoter was performed byfusion of various deletions of the putative promoter sequence to thereporter gene uidA (GUS), and analysis of GUS expression (Jefferson R A,Kavanagh T A, Bevan M W (1987) GUS Fusions: β-glucuronidase as asensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants EMBO J6:3901-3907) in stable transgenic tomato plants. The results of thepreliminary analysis were briefly reported (Carmi N, Barg R, Salts Y(1994) Expression of a tomato young fruit specific proline-rich codinggene. In Abstracts of 4th International Congress of Plant MolecularBiology. Amsrterdam (Abs. 538)). Primer extension analysis indicatedthat the transcript of the construct includes 408 bp of untranslatedleader sequence. A detailed analysis of the promoter region of theTPRP-F1 gene was performed including additional deletions and testingGUS expression in more organs and at additional developmental stages.The results of this analysis are summarized in FIG. 1.

The main findings of this analysis are:

1. The sequence extending 2542 bp 5' to the translation initiation codon(Seq ID2) served as the promoter to which the rolB gene was fused in thechimeric gene. (see also FIGS. 2-8), Based on this analysis (see FIG.1), a sequence extending only 1701 bp 5' to the translation initiationcodon is sufficient to drive ovary and developing embryo specificexpression of the rolB gene (Seq ID3)

2. The results of this analysis also indicate that a promoter sequenceextending 564 bp 5' to the translation initiation codon fused to asequence extending from 915 to 2643 bp 5' to the translation initiationcodon confers specificity to the ovary and young fruits and todeveloping embryos (Seq ID4). And this sequence too can be used to drivethe expression of the rolB specifically in the fruit, leading toparthenocarpy without the adverse effects of expression in other organsand additional developmental stages.

Construction of the chimeric gene TPRP-F1::rolB

Construction of the plasmid pSB171

The recombinant plasmid pSB171 (FIG. 2) was obtained by subcloning thegenomic 7kbp λG16 Hind III fragment into the Hind III site ofpBluescript SK⁺.

Construction of the plasmid pBSN28

The Nsi I internal fiagment of plasmid pSB171 was isolated and subclonedinto the Pst I restriction site of pBluescript (FIG. 3).

Construction of the plasmid pBSN33

To ensure that the rolB gene will be translated from its nativetranslation initiation codon, the translation initiation codon includedin plasmid pBSN28, was abolished by in vitro mutagenesis: A PCR fragmentcontaining the promoter with mutated initiation codon was prepared usingthe pBSN28 clone as a template, the sequence of the T7 promoter servedas one primer (3' to 5') and the second primer was the following:

5' TGGTACCGGGCAATGAACAAAGTTCCA 3' (SEQ ID NO: 6). The bold lettersdesignate the mutated sequence creating a new KpnI site at the 3' end ofthe promoter sequence. The PCR product was digested with KpnI and XbaIand ligated to pBluescript creating the plasmid pBSN33 (FIG. 4).

Construction of the plasmid pBSNrolB

pUC19-B26 (supplied by J.Schell) harbors the sequence betweennucleotides 9814 and 11324 according to Slighton et al. (Slighton J L,Durand-Tardif M, Jouanin L, Tepfer D (1986) Nucleotide sequence analysisof TL-DNA of Agrobacterium rhizogenes Agropine type plasmid.Identification of open reading frames. J Biol Chem 261:108-121). Thesequence of rolB included in this plasmid is given in Table 5. TheEcoRI-HindIII fragment of this plasmid was isolated and cloned into theEcoRI/HindIII-restriction cleavage sites of the plasmid pBluescript toform pBSrolB (FIG. 5).

The KpnI fragment of pBSrolB was isolated and subcloned into the KpnIsite of pBSN33, and a clone with the rolB gene inserted in the correctorientation was identified by restriction enzyme analysis. This plasmidwas named pBSNrolB (FIG. 6).

Construction of the binary plasmid pGB18rolB

The EcoRI-HindIII polylinker of plasmid pUC18 was isolated and subclonedinto the EcoRI/HindIII-restriction cleavage sites of the plasmid pGA492(An G 1986) Development of plant promoter expression vectors and theiruse for analysis of differential activity of nopaline synthase promoterin transformed tobaco cells Plant Physiol. 81:86-91) to form plasmidpGB18 (FIG. 7). The XbaI-BamHI fragment of pBSNrolB was isolated andsubcloned into the XbaI/BamHI restriction cleavage sites of plasmidpGB18 to form plasmid pGB18rolB (FIG. 8).

Induction of Parthenocarpy in tomato via specific expression of theTPRP-F1::rolB Gene in the ovary.

Plant transformation

The binary vector pGB18rolB was transformed into the indeterminatetomato breeding line MP-1 by co-cultivation of cotyledons derived from10-day-old seedlings with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EAH105 (HoodE E, Gelvin S B, Melchers L S, Hoekema A (1993) New Agrobacterium helperplasmids for gene transfer to plants. Trangenic Res. 2:208-218).Essentially, the protocol described by McCormick (McCormick S (1991)Transformation of tomato with Agrobacterium tumefaciens In: Plant tissueculture manual (Ed. K. Lindsey) B6: 1-9) was followed, except that the`overnight` bacteria culture was resuspended in liquid MS (Murashige andSkoog 1962) A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassay with tobaccotissue cultures. Physiol Plant 15:473-496) medium before pouring overthe cotyledons, and using 0.5 mg/L cefotaxime instead of carbenicillin.The cotyledons and the plantlets regenerated from them were propagatedin the presence of 100 mg/L of kanamycin until rooted. Regeneratedplants were planted in peat pellets (Jiffy-7, a/s Jiffy Products,Norway) for hardening (for 1-2 weeks) and then transferred toinsect-proof greenhouse or net-house.

To select for transformed progenies, sterile seeds were germinated onselective medium (1/2 MS medium, 3% sucrose and 100 mg/L Kanamycin),where only transgenic seedlings develop a branched root system.

Description of the transgenic plants

Of the transgenic plants regenerated from breeding line MP-1, three wereparthenocarpic primary (Ro) transgenic plants: MPB-4, MPB-12 and MPB-13,Transformation of the Ro plants was confirmed by PCR analysis, usingprimers for the selectable marker gene nptII, and by Southern analysis,using a KpnI fragment of the rolB gene as a probe.

The Southern analysis indicated that the MPB-4 Ro plant contains atleast four inserts of the chimeric genes whereas both MPB-12 and MPB-13contain two copies in tandem. The tandem pattern of insertion wasconfinmed by Southern analysis of R₁ and R₂ progenies of both MPB-12 andMPB-13.

Phenotypes of Ro Plants

Some phenotypic characteristics of the three Ro plants are summarized inTable 6.

1. Vegetative growth habit of Ro plants: Upon transplanting the Roplants into pots, they developed a vegetative growth habit which did notdiffer significantly from that of the parental cultivar MP-1.

2. Reproductive development of the Ro plants: All the Ro plantsdeveloped multiple flowers. The flowers of plant MPB-4 manifested atypical `parthenocarpic` mode of development: namely, the ovariesstarted to enlarge very early relatively to the flower's developmentwhen the petals were still completely closed, and the petals did notwilt and remained attached to the base of the developing fruit untiltorn away by the growing fruit. The MPB-4 pollen was not viableaccording to vital staining with fluorescein diacetate (Widholm J M(1972) The use of fluorescein diacetate and phenosafranine fordetermining viability of cultured plant cells. Stain Technol 17:1890194)and pollen germination test (Brewbaker J L & Kwack B H (1963) Theessential role of calcium ion in pollen germination and pollen tubegrowth Amer J. Bot 50:859-865).

The flowers of MPB-13-Ro plant manifested a moderate mode ofparthenocarpic-like development (early enlargement of the ovary andpostponed wilting of the petals), the pollen was viable. The flowers ofMPB-12-R₀ manifested even a milder parthenocarpic phenotype; theirovaries were slightly enlarged and wilting of the petals was postponed.Their pollen was viable.

3. Seedlessness and fruit characteristics of Ro plants: As summarized inTable 6, seedlessness was absolute in plant MPB-4, and in most of itsfruits the columella was considerably larger than in the parentalcultivar or in fruits of non-parthenocarpic transgenic plants. Thelocular cavities were full of jelly in most of the MPB-4 fruits, just infew the jelly fill was incomplete. Most of the fruits contained 4-5locules whereas under the same growth conditions the MP-1 fruits usuallyconsisted of 3-4 locules. Seeded fruits were not obtained from MPB-4even following hand-pollination of very young flower buds with pollen ofthe parental line MP-1. This female sterility is apparently due to rapidenlargement of the ovary at very early stage of flower bud development,leading to closure or detachment of the style tube which preventsfertilization. Thus, plant PMB-4 is considered an obligateparthenocarpic one. This indeterminate plant is maintained bypropagation from cuttings.

Plants MPB-12 and MPB-13 behaved as facultative parthenocarpic ones.Their seedless fruits were fill of jelly and contained 4 locules ormore. In most MPB-13 fruits and in some of the MPB-12 fruits thecolumella was somewhat greater than in the parental line fruits. In someof the MPB-13 fruits the jelly was of greenish hue, especially in fruitsdeveloped at high temperatures. This phenomenon was also reported forauxin-induced fruits. (Abad & Monteiro 1989). The fasciation typical toauxin-induced parthenocarpic fruits was not observed in the seedlessfruits of MPB-12 and MPB-13.

Among the seedless fruits of MPB-12-Ro developed in the summer, underextremely high temperatures, there was a tendency for a typicalmalformation; the fruits were oval rather than round, slightlyflattened, and occasionally constricted in transverse section (a"peanut-like" appearance).

Phenotypes of R1 plants

1. Vegetative growth habit of R1 plants: Most of the Kan^(r) seedlingsof PMB-12-R₁ and all of the Kan^(r) MPB-13-R₁ plants were characterizedby broad cotyledons which rolled downwards. The severity of thephenomenon varied among the various plants. The root system of some ofthe MPB-13-R₁ seedlings was more developed than that of the controlplants. The developed plants did not manifest auxin relatedmalformations (such as leaf epinasty, stem curling or adventitious rootdevelopment.

2. Reproductive development of the R1 plants: Flowers of the variousKan^(r) MPB-12-R₁ plants were of normal appearance and mode ofdevelopment, except for the lack of wilting of the petals which remainedattached, to the base of the developing fruits, similar to the phenotypeof the MPB-12-R₀ flowers. Flowers of the Kan^(r) MPB-13-R₁ plantsmanifested varying degree of `parthenocarpic` development (earlyenlargement of the ovary and postponed wilting of the petals), and thepollen was viable.

3. Seedlessness and fruit characteristics in R1 plants: As specified inTable 6, most of the fruits developed on the various Kan^(r) MPB-12-R1plants were seedless and full of jelly. Occasionally seeded fruitsdeveloped, most of them contained significantly less seeds than theparental cultivar, and the average weight and size of the seeds wassignificantly higher than that of the MP-1 fruits. The frequency ofseeded fruits varied among the various R₁ plants. The fruits were notpuffy; some of the fruits were of slightly flattened oval shape.Transverse constriction was not observed, apparently because the fruitsdid not develop under exceptionally high temperatures. Most of thefruits of the various MPB-13-R₁ plants were of regular shape, seedless,and full of jelly. Few seeded fruits developed, and most of theircontained less seeds than MP-1.

Phenotypes of R₂ plants

1. Vegetative growth habit of R2 plants: The phenomenon of broadcotyledons was also observed in the kan^(r) R₂ seedlings of MPB-12 andMPB-13. The developing plants were of normal growth habit.

2. Seedlessness and fruit characteristics in R2 plants: The fruitsdeveloped on R₂ progenies of MPB-12 and MPB-13 transformants were testedfor several fruit indexes. These plants grew underpollination-permissive environmental conditions. Data analysis was basedon information collected from two or three plants of the R₂ generation(Table 7), since no significant differences were found among the variousR₂ plants derived from a common R₁ plant.

The transgenic fruits did not differ significantly (P<0.05) from thecontrol fruits with regard to the average fruit weight, number oflocules per fruit, or Brix value. However, even though pollination inthe transgeneic plants was supported by vibrating the flowers, thefruits of all the transgenic plants had significantly (P<0.001 ) fewerseeds than those of the control plants. The seed number varied from zeroup to 30-50 per fruit, among the various fruits developed on the sametransgenic plant, reflecting the facultative nature of the parthenocarpyin these transgenic plants (Table 7).

In the parental line MP-1 there was a significant positive correlationbetween seed number and fruit weight (r² =0.386, P=0.023, n=14).However, the highly significant decrease of seed number in thetransgenic plants was not accompanied by a decease of fruit weight.Regression of fruit weight vs. seed number was insignificant forMPB-12.5-R₂ (n=23) r² =0.0279, P=0.446, for MPB-13.3-R2 (n=15), r²=0.0086, P=0.7419, and for MPB-13.4-R2 (n=7), r² =0.1115, P=0.4642. Thisfact indicates that the expression of the transgene completelycompensates for the seed contribution to fruit weight.

All the seedless fruits were full of jelly. The color of jelly of thetransgenic fruits was not always as red as that of the control; in manyof the fruits it was more of yellow-orange color with traces of greenhue.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the presentinvention is not limited to what has been particularly shown anddescribed herein above. Rather the scope of the present invention isdefined only by the claims which follow.

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- cactagaatg atttttgtaa gttacactta aataaattgt tttggcccat ga -            #gccaactg    480                                                                 - - accccaatca agcctcaagg gcttatatga atcgagttta taagccctag tt -            #tcaaatga    540                                                                 - - gcttgaaaaa ttctatctca actatatcca aataatagat tggattggat cg -            #aatcccat    600                                                                 - - gggctacgca ttttgatagc tctagttgta accctaacta atgatgaaaa ta -            #tttttgac    660                                                                 - - atgatattta ttttattacc acaattattt taatatttat tttatacata at -            #atatttct    720                                                                 - - tataaaatta ctacacataa ttgtctgatg actgtagaag agtagttgac aa -            #aatattat    780                                                                 - - cgcaatgtca ttgttattat aggtacaaat tattaagtga aagtagaata ta -            #acgtgaaa    840                                                                 - - tcgaattaaa aaaataatca gattgtaatg aaatattatt agagagaagt at -            #taaagtac    900                                                                 - - ctataaactt ggcacaaatt attagtttta tttctgtact attgacaacc tt -            #aaaaacta    960                                                                 - - cttgactaac taaacttaga tacacctaat tttttgtagg agcatgaaac tc -            #ttaatgaa   1020                                                                 - - tggccaagag aagtgttgaa agcaccccca aacttgatga gaatttagag tg -            #tatttcac   1080                                                                 - - ccatattgca agattgtaag tgtatttaaa tttagttaat caattaaata aa -            #tgtatttt   1140                                                                 - - gaattccaat aattcaagga tgaaacaaat agttcatatt gaatttaaat gt -            #tttttgaa   1200                                                                 - - tacttctttt tttctcaata ttgactaact agtacaacca ggtttgatta tg -            #atttagat   1260                                                                 - - ttgtaccaca taagattatt aaagagaaaa acattctttg atgattcatc tt -            #ttaaattc   1320                                                                 - - tcaaagctcg aatacgtaaa atctaattaa tatcagcata atctcattca ga -            #ggcggagc   1380                                                                 - - tagccttgtg ttagggggta ttcaaacctt ctttgactga aaattttatt at -            #ttatacat   1440                                                                 - - gtttaaaatt actttttaat gtatatataa tagatatcaa attctttaat tt -            #gtatttaa   1500                                                                 - - ttctataaat attaaattac tttattaaaa attctaattc tgtcactcgt tc -            #atttcatc   1560                                                                 - - acattcttga cggtgatggt agtgataatt acattgattg gagccacatg gg -            #ccgctact   1620                                                                 - - ttttaaaaag gatgaaacct tggaatgtag tgaatgttga gtctcaatag ct -            #caatcacg   1680                                                                 - - gactcaacag caaaggtaag tgccaaaaat ctgtcctctt tttcccttct cc -            #aattggag   1740                                                                 - - atactgtcac cttggacaaa taatatttga aaattttggc ctaaaagtta gg -            #tttggagc   1800                                                                 - - cgtatggtaa tttgataaca caaattatta tataattgat atatcaagta ta -            #tatatcca   1860                                                                 - - aagttgtcgc attcttcgtt tcaatttgtt tctctcacta aaattttcaa tt -            #cacttttt   1920                                                                 - - aaaaaatcga taaattttta atataacttt acataacata ttcaaaatta ca -            #aaaataaa   1980                                                                 - - ggatattttt atatgtttat ttttaatgta agattaaata tttagaattc tt -            #tttaagaa   2040                                                                 - - cggtacaagc aaattaaaag agagaaggta tattagtggg cctatgtatc tt -            #tgtataca   2100                                                                 - - tatgcctctc aaagagctac ctgatgagtc tatatatctt tgttgatagt ga -            #tttaacaa   2160                                                                 - - tttatgtatg tacgtactaa gacatgttaa ataagtacct agagaaagat tt -            #ttggaaaa   2220                                                                 - - gtgaaaacag caataaagaa aagtcattta aacactttcc aacaaacatt tg -            #gtaatcga   2280                                                                 - - ttttaattac ccacttaaac aaaactattt gtacgtaaaa tgtttaagta ga -            #aaagagat   2340                                                                 - - ttttttttaa aaaaaaaaga aggcaagagg tcatatatct gacccttcct ta -            #aatccccg   2400                                                                 - - cgtataacac tttctttttt tttgtgtgtg tatgttcagg aacatttata tt -            #ttctattt   2460                                                                 - - gaaatttctc attaagtcaa attcgaaatc ttttaaataa tgtagaaaaa tc -            #tcattata   2520                                                                 - - tttaacaatc ccacttgatg aattcctaaa cattttctat aaaataacac ta -            #aatcttta   2580                                                                 - - attatacata ttacatacct aactcaagca tcttgtcggt aaaaatcatt ag -            #aaaagaat   2640                                                                 - - tggaaatagg gaaattcata gacatatttt ggttagtatc tttgtctata ag -            #aatgggtg   2700                                                                 - - tgttaaagag ctagtgccat agtgtaccat tctattggta gcatttggca ag -            #agttattc   2760                                                                 - - cctctctcca taccaatgga gaagtttaat cttgctagag tcttattgtt gc -            #ttcttcaa   2820                                                                 - - cttggaactt tgttcattgc ccatgcatgt ccttattgca tgtccttatt gt -            #ccatatcc   2880                                                                 - - tccttccacc ccaaaacacc caaaattgcc tcctaaggtg aaaccaccct ct -            #acacaacc   2940                                                                 - - tccacatgtg aaaccacctt ctacccctaa acaccctaaa gatcctccac at -            #gtgaagcc   3000                                                                 - - accttctacc cctaaacaac caccatatgt gaaaccacct actaccccta aa -            #caccctcc   3060                                                                 - - acatgttaaa ccaccttcca cccctaaaca ccctaaacac cccccacaaa aa -            #ccatgccc   3120                                                                 - - tcctccatct catcatggtc ctaagccacc aattgtaaaa cctccacatg ta -            #ccaagacc   3180                                                                 - - tcctatagtg catcctcctc ccattgtctc tccaccttcc acacctaaac ca -            #ccaaaaac   3240                                                                 - - accaccattc actccaaaac caccatcacc aataccacct attgtttcac cc -            #cctattgt   3300                                                                 - - ttatccacca atcactccaa caccacctat tgtccatcca ccagtcactc ca -            #aaaccacc   3360                                                                 - - atcaccaaca cctcctattg tttcaccccc cattgtttat ccaccaatca ct -            #ccaacacc   3420                                                                 - - acctgttgtg tcacctccaa tcattccaac accacctatt gtctctccac ct -            #tttgtccc   3480                                                                 - - caatcctccc gtggtaatac caccacccta cgtgccaagt cctccggttg tt -            #actccacc   3540                                                                 - - catagttcca acacccccta caccatgccc accaccacca ccaccaccag ca -            #ataatacc   3600                                                                 - - atcaccacca gcacaaccaa cttgccccat tgatgctctc aagctaggtg ct -            #tgtgtgga   3660                                                                 - - cgtgttagga ggactaatcc acattggaat cggtggaagt gctaagcaaa ca -            #tgttgtcc   3720                                                                 - - acttctagga ggactagtag acttggatgc agccatttgt ctttgcacaa ct -            #attagact   3780                                                                 - - caagctctta aacataaaca tcattcttcc cattgctcta caggttctta tt -            #gatgattg   3840                                                                 - - tggcaagtat ccacccaaag acttcaagtg tccttcaacc taaatcaagg tt -            #tccacttt   3900                                                                 - - ttctcacttt caattattac tcactcctac tcaatttatg tggtacagtt ga -            #catttcaa   3960                                                                 - - gtattaggcc caattttctt agctcggaat ttttttaaat ctctttaaat at -            #tttgattt   4020                                                                 - - atactactta ttacgtagtt ttcataagta taaatttcat ttcatatatg aa -            #ttcacggt   4080                                                                 - - caaaaattta aagtttattt aaccaatgcc acataactta gaacatacaa at -            #atcttttt   4140                                                                 - - gatcaagatt tggcaattcg tatacaataa tctttagcaa gtaatatgta ta -            #ccaacatt   4200                                                                 - - atgtaatatg atgcagcata ttaaacagga catttgactg atactgccgc at -            #tgtcatag   4260                                                                 - - ttgaaggcac aataaatgtg tgaaagttca atttccattt tatcatggca at -            #aaattgag   4320                                                                 - - aaaacaaagg agggatatta attaagcttt aatttggcgt gtttaattag ct -            #tttgatta   4380                                                                 - - atgtactgaa tgttgtattt acattattgt tttagggaaa tactaatggt at -            #ttagtata   4440                                                                 - - gtggagtatg aatgctgatt tgattgtatg aacacgaatg aatgaggaaa ga -            #atcaccta   4500                                                                 - - atttatcacg tgttaatctt abthsuncth trrmtrncud dnthbnarya sm -            #dgbrbgth   4560                                                                 - - sunccrrsnd stntabstnc tagaataaat taacttgatt ttgagtccat gt -            #atttagag   4620                                                                 - - atacatgtat ctggacatat caaagtctga taaaattcat aatattaaaa ca -            #tagagtgt   4680                                                                 - - ctttaagtaa ttagctcata cactagaatg atttttgtaa gttacactta aa -            #taaattgt   4740                                                                 - - tttggcccat gagccaactg accccaatca agcctcaagg gcttatatga at -            #cgagttta   4800                                                                 - - taagccctag tttcaaatga gcttgaaaaa ttctatctca actatatcca aa -            #taatagat   4860                                                                 - - tggattggat cgaatcccat gggctacgca ttttgatagc tctagttgta ac -            #cctaacta   4920                                                                 - - atgatgaaaa tatttttgac atgatattta ttttattacc acaattattt ta -            #atatttat   4980                                                                 - - tttatacata atatatttct tataaaatta ctacacataa ttgtctgatg ac -            #tgtagaag   5040                                                                 - - agtagttgac aaaatattat cgcaatgtca ttgttattat aggtacaaat ta -            #ttaagtga   5100                                                                 - - aagtagaata taacgtgaaa tcgaattaaa aaaataatca gattgtaatg aa -            #atattatt   5160                                                                 - - agagagaagt attaaagtac ctataaactt ggcacaaatt attagtttta tt -            #tctgtact   5220                                                                 - - attgacaacc ttaaaaacta cttgactaac taaacttaga tacacctaat tt -            #tttgtagg   5280                                                                 - - agcatgaaac tcttaatgaa tggccaagag aagtgttgaa agcaccccca aa -            #cttgatga   5340                                                                 - - gaatttagag tgtatttcac ccatattgca agattgtaag tgtatttaaa tt -            #tagttaat   5400                                                                 - - caattaaata aatgtatttt gaattccaat aattcaagga tgaaacaaat ag -            #ttcatatt   5460                                                                 - - gaatttaaat gttttttgaa tacttctttt tttctcaata ttgactaact ag -            #tacaacca   5520                                                                 - - ggtttgatta tgatttagat ttgtaccaca taagattatt aaagagaaaa ac -            #attctttg   5580                                                                 - - atgattcatc ttttaaattc tcaaagctcg aatacgtaaa atctaattaa ta -            #tcagcata   5640                                                                 - - atctcattca gaggcggagc tagccttgtg ttagggggta ttcaaacctt ct -            #ttgactga   5700                                                                 - - aaattttatt atttatacat gtttaaaatt actttttaat gtatatataa ta -            #gatatcaa   5760                                                                 - - attctttaat ttgtatttaa ttctataaat attaaattac tttattaaaa at -            #tctaattc   5820                                                                 - - tgtcactcgt tcatttcatc acattcttga cggtgatggt agtgataatt ac -            #attgattg   5880                                                                 - - gagccacatg ggccgctact ttttaaaaag gatgaaacct tggaatgtag tg -            #aatgttga   5940                                                                 - - gtctcaatag ctcaatcacg gactcaacag caaaggtaag tgccaaaaat ct -            #gtcctctt   6000                                                                 - - tttcccttct ccaattggag atactgtcac cttggacaaa taatatttga aa -            #attttggc   6060                                                                 - - ctaaaagtta ggtttggagc cgtatggtaa tttgataaca caaattatta ta -            #taattgat   6120                                                                 - - atatcaagta tatatatcca aagttgtcgc attcttcgtt tcaatttgtt tc -            #tctcacta   6180                                                                 - - aaattttcaa ttcacttttt aaaaaatcga taaattttta atataacttt ac -            #ataacata   6240                                                                 - - ttcaaaatta caaaaataaa ggatattttt atatgtttat ttttaatgta ag -            #attaaata   6300                                                                 - - tttagaattc tttttaagaa cggtacaagc aaattaaaag agagaaggta ta -            #ttagtggg   6360                                                                 - - cctatgtatc tttgtataca tatgcctctc aaagagctac ctgatgagtc ta -            #tatatctt   6420                                                                 - - tgttgatagt gatttaacaa tttatgtatg tacgtactaa gacatgttaa at -            #aagtacct   6480                                                                 - - agagaaagat ttttggaaaa gtgaaaacag caataaagaa aagtcattta aa -            #cactttcc   6540                                                                 - - aacaaacatt tggtaatcga ttttaattac ccacttaaac aaaactattt gt -            #acgtaaaa   6600                                                                 - - tgtttaagta gaaaagagat ttttttttaa aaaaaaaaga aggcaagagg tc -            #atatatct   6660                                                                 - - gacccttcct taaatccccg cgtataacac tttctttttt tttgtgtgtg ta -            #tgttcagg   6720                                                                 - - aacatttata ttttctattt gaaatttctc attaagtcaa attcgaaatc tt -            #ttaaataa   6780                                                                 - - tgtagaaaaa tctcattata tttaacaatc ccacttgatg aattcctaaa ca -            #ttttctat   6840                                                                 - - aaaataacac taaatcttta attatacata ttacatacct aactcaagca tc -            #ttgtcggt   6900                                                                 - - aaaaatcatt agaaaagaat tggaaatagg gaaattcata gacatatttt gg -            #ttagtatc   6960                                                                 - - tttgtctata agaatgggtg tgttaaagag ctagtgccat agtgtaccat tc -            #tattggta   7020                                                                 - - gcatttggca agagttattc cctctctcca taccaatgga gaagtttaat ct -            #tgctagag   7080                                                                 - - tcttattgtt gcttcttcaa cttggaactt tgttcattgc cctabashrt rr -            #mtrthatc   7140                                                                 - - nrsvaryand mbryscctyr mntabstnaa ttccaataat tcaaggatga aa -            #caaatagt   7200                                                                 - - tcatattgaa tttaaatgtt ttttgaatac ttcttttttt ctcaatattg ac -            #taactagt   7260                                                                 - - acaaccaggt ttgattatga tttagatttg taccacataa gattattaaa ga -            #gaaaaaca   7320                                                                 - - ttctttgatg attcatcttt taaattctca aagctcgaat acgtaaaatc ta -            #attaatat   7380                                                                 - - cagcataatc tcattcagag gcggagctag ccttgtgtta gggggtattc aa -            #accttctt   7440                                                                 - - tgactgaaaa ttttattatt tatacatgtt taaaattact ttttaatgta ta -            #tataatag   7500                                                                 - - atatcaaatt ctttaatttg tatttaattc tataaatatt aaattacttt at -            #taaaaatt   7560                                                                 - - ctaattctgt cactcgttca tttcatcaca ttcttgacgg tgatggtagt ga -            #taattaca   7620                                                                 - - ttgattggag ccacatgggc cgctactttt taaaaaggat gaaaccttgg aa -            #tgtagtga   7680                                                                 - - atgttgagtc tcaatagctc aatcacggac tcaacagcaa aggtaagtgc ca -            #aaaatctg   7740                                                                 - - tcctcttttt cccttctcca attggagata ctgtcacctt ggacaaataa ta -            #tttgaaaa   7800                                                                 - - ttttggccta aaagttaggt ttggagccgt atggtaattt gataacacaa at -            #tattatat   7860                                                                 - - aattgatata tcaagtatat atatccaaag ttgtcgcatt cttcgtttca at -            #ttgtttct   7920                                                                 - - ctcactaaaa ttttcaattc actttttaaa aaatcgataa atttttaata ta -            #actttaca   7980                                                                 - - taacatattc aaaattacaa aaataaagga tatttttata tgtttatttt ta -            #atgtaaga   8040                                                                 - - ttaaatattt agaattcttt ttaagaacgg tacaagcaaa ttaaaagaga ga -            #aggtatat   8100                                                                 - - tagtgggcct atgtatcttt gtatacatat gcctctcaaa gagctacctg at -            #gagtctat   8160                                                                 - - atatctttgt tgatagtgat ttaacaattt atgtatgtac gtactaagac at -            #gttaaata   8220                                                                 - - agtacctaga gaaagatttt tggaaaagtg aaaacagcaa taaagaaaag tc -            #atttaaac   8280                                                                 - - actttccaac aaacatttgg taatcgattt taattaccca cttaaacaaa ac -            #tatttgta   8340                                                                 - - cgtaaaatgt ttaagtagaa aagagatttt tttttaaaaa aaaaagaagg ca -            #agaggtca   8400                                                                 - - tatatctgac ccttccttaa atccccgcgt ataacacttt cttttttttt gt -            #gtgtgtat   8460                                                                 - - gttcaggaac atttatattt tctatttgaa atttctcatt aagtcaaatt cg -            #aaatcttt   8520                                                                 - - taaataatgt agaaaaatct cattatattt aacaatccca cttgatgaat tc -            #ctaaacat   8580                                                                 - - tttctataaa ataacactaa atctttaatt atacatatta catacctaac tc -            #aagcatct   8640                                                                 - - tgtcggtaaa aatcattaga aaagaattgg aaatagggaa attcatagac at -            #attttggt   8700                                                                 - - tagtatcttt gtctataaga atgggtgtgt taaagagcta gtgccatagt gt -            #accattct   8760                                                                 - - attggtagca tttggcaaga gttattccct ctctccatac caatggagaa gt -            #ttaatctt   8820                                                                 - - gctagagtct tattgttgct tcttcaactt ggaactttgt tcattgccct ab -            #anatrnat   8880                                                                 - - vcmbnatnsu ncrmthtrrm trthatcnrs varyanddvn gmbrysccty rm -            #usdttaba   8940                                                                 - - tgcatcccaa ataggcgagt gagatggaag ggaggcaatg acacgaaatt tg -            #tctatgtg   9000                                                                 - - tcctagatat gtaagaattc actgatatat tgagtgtatc tagaataaat ta -            #acttgatt   9060                                                                 - - ttgagtccat gtatttagag atacatgtat ctggacatat caaagtctga ta -            #aaattcat   9120                                                                 - - aatattaaaa catagagtgt ctttaagtaa ttagctcata cactagaatg at -            #ttttgtaa   9180                                                                 - - gttacactta aataaattgt tttggcccat gagccaactg accccaatca ag -            #cctcaagg   9240                                                                 - - gcttatatga atcgagttta taagccctag tttcaaatga gcttgaaaaa tt -            #ctatctca   9300                                                                 - - actatatcca aataatagat tggattggat cgaatcccat gggctacgca tt -            #ttgatagc   9360                                                                 - - tctagttgta accctaacta atgatgaaaa tatttttgac atgatattta tt -            #ttattacc   9420                                                                 - - acaattattt taatatttat tttatacata atatatttct tataaaatta ct -            #acacataa   9480                                                                 - - ttgtctgatg actgtagaag agtagttgac aaaatattat cgcaatgtca tt -            #gttattat   9540                                                                 - - aggtacaaat tattaagtga aagtagaata taacgtgaaa tcgaattaaa aa -            #aataatca   9600                                                                 - - gattgtaatg aaatattatt agagagaagt attaaagtac ctataaactt gg -            #cacaaatt   9660                                                                 - - attagtttta tttctgtact attgacaacc ttaaaaacta cttgactaac ta -            #aacttaga   9720                                                                 - - tacacctaat tttttgtagg agcatgaaac tcttaatgaa tggccaagag aa -            #gtgttgaa   9780                                                                 - - agcaccccca aacttgatga gaatttagag tgtatttcac ccatattgca ag -            #attgtaag   9840                                                                 - - tgtatttaaa tttagttaat caattaaata aatgtatttt gaattccaat aa -            #ttcaagga   9900                                                                 - - tgaaacaaat agttcatatt gaatttaaat gttttttgaa tacttctttt tt -            #tctcaata   9960                                                                 - - ttgactaact agtacaacca ggtttgatta tgatttagat ttgtaccaca ta -            #agattatt  10020                                                                 - - aaagagaaaa acattctttg atgattcatc ttttaaattc tcaaagctcg aa -            #tacgtaaa  10080                                                                 - - atctaattaa tatcagcata atctcattca gaggcggagc tagccttgtg tt -            #agggggta  10140                                                                 - - ttcaaacctt ctttgactga aaattttatt atttatacat gtttaaaatt ac -            #tttttaat  10200                                                                 - - gtatatataa tagatatcaa attctttaat ttgtatttaa ttctataaat at -            #taaattac  10260                                                                 - - tttattaaaa attctaattc tgtcactcgt tcatttcatc acattcttga cg -            #gtgatggt  10320                                                                 - - agtgataatt acattgattg gagccacatg ggccgctact ttttaaaaag ga -            #tgaaacct  10380                                                                 - - tggaatgtag tgaatgttga gtctcaatag ctcaatcacg gactcaacag ca -            #aaggtaag  10440                                                                 - - tgccaaaaat ctgtcctctt tttcccttct ccaattggag atactgtcac ct -            #tggacaaa  10500                                                                 - - taatatttga aaattttggc ctaaaagtta ggtttggagc cgtatggtaa tt -            #tgataaca  10560                                                                 - - caaattatta tataattgat atatcaagta tatatatcca aagttgtcgc at -            #tcttcgtt  10620                                                                 - - tcaatttgtt tctctcacta aaattttcaa ttcacttttt aaaaaatcga tt -            #ttaattac  10680                                                                 - - ccacttaaac aaaactattt gtacgtaaaa tgtttaagta gaaaagagat tt -            #ttttttaa  10740                                                                 - - aaaaaaaaga aggcaagagg tcatatatct gacccttcct taaatccccg cg -            #tataacac  10800                                                                 - - tttctttttt tttgtgtgtg tatgttcagg aacatttata ttttctattt ga -            #aatttctc  10860                                                                 - - attaagtcaa attcgaaatc ttttaaataa tgtagaaaaa tctcattata tt -            #taacaatc  10920                                                                 - - ccacttgatg aattcctaaa cattttctat aaaataacac taaatcttta at -            #tatacata  10980                                                                 - - ttacatacct aactcaagca tcttgtcggt aaaaatcatt agaaaagaat tg -            #gaaatagg  11040                                                                 - - gaaattcata gacatatttt ggttagtatc tttgtctata agaatgggtg tg -            #ttaaagag  11100                                                                 - - ctagtgccat agtgtaccat tctattggta gcatttggca agagttattc cc -            #tctctcca  11160                                                                 - - taccaatgga gaagtttaat cttgctagag tcttattgtt gcttcttcaa ct -            #tggaactt  11220                                                                 - - tgttcattgc cctabthsun cthrbgnncu ddnthbnary vctrgbrbsg th -            #suncstha  11280                                                                 - - trsntdnsgh tmtathtran satnntatnc dnstnsrsnt dnbdttrsgg ca -            #cttgcctt  11340                                                                 - - tttcgtaact atccaactca catcacaatg gatcccaaat tgctattcct tc -            #cacgattt  11400                                                                 - - caaccagtag atctcactcc agcatggagc cagataaacc tattcgaggg ga -            #tccgattt  11460                                                                 - - gcttttgcaa tctatagccg tgactatagc aaacccctcc tgcatttcca ga -            #aacgatgg  11520                                                                 - - gctcttgcag tgctagattt gaaggaaaac tctccaccga tatatatact ta -            #aacaacta  11580                                                                 - - gctgagctct tgaagaacaa agtctgctat catcctccta tgtttgttag tc -            #agccggat  11640                                                                 - - ctggctcgag aaaacgacca acatgtattt gtctatcttt ctcgcgagaa ga -            #tgcagaaa  11700                                                                 - - gtgctgaagg aacaatccat tacatttgga atggaggccg tgctggcgac aa -            #cgattcaa  11760                                                                 - - ccatatcgga gcgagctcgc cctccaggag atgctccgtg ttcacaacct tg -            #cttggccg  11820                                                                 - - cacagccgca cggaggaacc tgatttagaa tgcttcatcg ccattttcgc aa -            #gttccttg  11880                                                                 - - ttcattcact tgctggagtt aaaagtgacc aacgtttacg ggagagaggt ag -            #cttgcacc  11940                                                                 - - ttctttctgc ggcgagggac tgaaaaccgc ccctatgatg ttgtagcttg cg -            #gcaccaca  12000                                                                 - - caattcacca aaaatgccct cgggatatca cgtccggccg cctcctcacc gg -            #agccagac  12060                                                                 - - ctaaccctgc gactctcggg gcctgatcag gaaggcgagg agggcgtcat ga -            #agcctgct  12120                                                                 - - gcagtaaacc tgaagaaaga agcctaaagc cgacttgaac tccccctgca gg -            #caaccttt  12180                                                                 - - atctataagt ttgtcataag ttctatgtac cctcccgcag tctgtgacac ag -            #aaccttgg  12240                                                                 - - gagttgtagc gtacgttgta atgtgttgac ctattttctt gtactaaata tt -            #ttcttctg  12300                                                                 - - tgttgatcct gctgctgaat tttgccaaaa acagcacatg ctcatatgac ta -            #tctaatct  12360                                                                 - - actacacata tattgcagta tcaacaacaa cgacacacct ggacttataa ta -            #ttatagtt  12420                                                                 - - caacagtaca tttgacataa aacattttca cgacattaca caaacgctct aa -            #agagacgt  12480                                                                 - - taaagtacta tattaataaa acaggacaat cgcgccatgg ctcgcagctt at -            #tttaactt  12540                                                                 - - aacagaacat attcgatatc atctccggcg tggaaatgaa tcgaagaccg cc -            #agccacgt  12600                                                                 - - gcgtattaat cccgtaggtt tgtttcgaaa tgcgtattaa tcccgtaggt ct -            #gaattttc  12660                                                                 - - acgtccggcg acaaagggtc ccttcgcagc aactcgcggg tcgttgaacg tc -            #ccggtcgg  12720                                                                 - - gcttgggaag tcatggccaa aggagtggtg ctcagattgg ctggctcagc aa -            #gatggtcg  12780                                                                 - - cgttcgcccg gggatacccg tttggccttc ctcttggcct ttgcacgcct aa -            #caagctt   12839                                                                 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 2                                                   <211> LENGTH: 4518                                                            <212> TYPE: DNA                                                               <213> ORGANISM: TPRP-F1 PROMOTOR                                              <220> FEATURE:                                                                <221> NAME/KEY: unsure                                                        <222> LOCATION: (6)..(191)                                                    <223> OTHER INFORMATION: "n"'s are any nu - #cleic residue                     - - <400> SEQUENCE: 2                                                         - - tabsunctht rgnmccnncu dngbthrmtr rgnthsunct hrmtrrgntn dn -            #grmwasnt     60                                                                 - - ubshdarrth sunctndngr mwasubshda rrthatgcdn rntdnbdttr ss -            #tnsthtra    120                                                                 - - nsatnntatn cdnusdrthg usrmtrrssn anayssthun drndbdgstn st -            #htranscr    180                                                                 - - tnntatnstu nubshddata atgcatccca aataggcgag tgagatggaa gg -            #gaggcaat    240                                                                 - - gacacgaaat ttgtctatgt gtcctagata tgtaagaatt cactgatata tt -            #gagtgtat    300                                                                 - - ctagaataaa ttaacttgat tttgagtcca tgtatttaga gatacatgta tc -            #tggacata    360                                                                 - - tcaaagtctg ataaaattca taatattaaa acatagagtg tctttaagta at -            #tagctcat    420                                                                 - - acactagaat gatttttgta agttacactt aaataaattg ttttggccca tg -            #agccaact    480                                                                 - - gaccccaatc aagcctcaag ggcttatatg aatcgagttt ataagcccta gt -            #ttcaaatg    540                                                                 - - agcttgaaaa attctatctc aactatatcc aaataataga ttggattgga tc -            #gaatccca    600                                                                 - - tgggctacgc attttgatag ctctagttgt aaccctaact atgatgaaaa ta -            #tttttgac    660                                                                 - - atgatattta ttttattacc acaattattt taatatttat tttatacata at -            #atatttct    720                                                                 - - tataaaatta ctacacataa ttgtctgatg actgtagaag agtagttgac aa -            #aatattat    780                                                                 - - cgcaatgtca ttgttattat aggtacaaat tattaagtga aagtagaata ta -            #acgtgaaa    840                                                                 - - tcgaattaaa aaaataatca gattgtaatg aaatattatt agagagaagt at -            #taaagtac    900                                                                 - - ctataaactt ggcacaaatt attagtttta tttctgtact attgacaacc tt -            #aaaaacta    960                                                                 - - cttgactaac taaacttaga tacacctaat tttttgtagg agcatgaaac tc -            #ttaatgaa   1020                                                                 - - tggccaagag aagtgttgaa agcaccccca aacttgatga gaatttagag tg -            #tatttcac   1080                                                                 - - ccatattgca agattgtaag tgtatttaaa tttagttaat caattaaata aa -            #tgtatttt   1140                                                                 - - gaattccaat aattcaagga tgaaacaaat agttcatatt gaatttaaat gt -            #tttttgaa   1200                                                                 - - tacttctttt tttctcaata ttgactaact agtacaacca ggtttgatta tg -            #atttagat   1260                                                                 - - ttgtaccaca taagattatt aaagagaaaa acattctttg atgattcatc tt -            #ttaaattc   1320                                                                 - - tcaaagctcg aatacgtaaa atctaattaa tatcagcata atctcattca ga -            #ggcggagc   1380                                                                 - - tagccttgtg ttagggggta ttcaaacctt ctttgactga aaattttatt at -            #ttatacat   1440                                                                 - - gtttaaaatt actttttaat gtatatataa tagatatcaa attctttaat tt -            #gtatttaa   1500                                                                 - - ttctataaat attaaattac tttattaaaa attctaattc tgtcactcgt tc -            #atttcatc   1560                                                                 - - acattcttga cggtgatggt agtgataatt acattgattg gagccacatg gg -            #ccgctact   1620                                                                 - - ttttaaaaag gatgaaacct tggaatgtag tgaatgttga gtctcaatag ct -            #caatcacg   1680                                                                 - - gactcaacag caaaggtaag tgccaaaaat ctgtcctctt tttcccttct cc -            #aattggag   1740                                                                 - - atactgtcac cttggacaaa taatatttga aaattttggc ctaaaagtta gg -            #tttggagc   1800                                                                 - - cgtatggtaa tttgataaca caaattatta tataattgat atatcaagta ta -            #tatatcca   1860                                                                 - - aagttgtcgc attcttcgtt tcaatttgtt tctctcacta aaattttcaa tt -            #cacttttt   1920                                                                 - - aaaaaatcga taaattttta atataacttt acataacata ttcaaaatta ca -            #aaaataaa   1980                                                                 - - ggatattttt atatgtttat ttttaatgta agattaaata tttagaattc tt -            #tttaagaa   2040                                                                 - - cggtacaagc aaattaaaag agagaaggta tattagtggg cctatgtatc tt -            #tgtataca   2100                                                                 - - tatgcctctc aaagagctac ctgatgagtc tatatatctt tgttgatagt ga -            #tttaacaa   2160                                                                 - - tttatgtatg tacgtactaa gacatgttaa ataagtacct agagaaagat tt -            #ttggaaaa   2220                                                                 - - gtgaaaacag caataaagaa aagtcattta aacactttcc aacaaacatt tg -            #gtaatcga   2280                                                                 - - ttttaattac ccacttaaac aaaactattt gtacgtaaaa tgtttaagta ga -            #aaagagat   2340                                                                 - - ttttttttaa aaaaaaaaga aggcaagagg tcatatatct gacccttcct ta -            #aatccccg   2400                                                                 - - cgtataacac tttctttttt tttgtgtgtg tatgttcagg aacatttata tt -            #ttctattt   2460                                                                 - - gaaatttctc attaagtcaa attcgaaatc ttttaaataa tgtagaaaaa tc -            #tcattata   2520                                                                 - - tttaacaatc ccacttgatg aattcctaaa cattttctat aaaataacac ta -            #aatcttta   2580                                                                 - - attatacata ttacatacct aactcaagca tcttgtcggt aaaaatcatt ag -            #aaaagaat   2640                                                                 - - tggaaatagg gaaattcata gacatatttt ggttagtatc tttgtctata ag -            #aatgggtg   2700                                                                 - - tgttaaagag ctagtgccat agtgtaccat tctattggta gcatttggca ag -            #agttattc   2760                                                                 - - cctctctcca taccaatgga gaagtttaat cttgctagag tcttattgtt gc -            #ttcttcaa   2820                                                                 - - cttggaactt tgttcattgc ccatgcatgt ccttattgca tgtccttatt gt -            #ccatatcc   2880                                                                 - - tccttccacc ccaaaacacc caaaattgcc tcctaaggtg aaaccaccct ct -            #acacaacc   2940                                                                 - - tccacatgtg aaaccacctt ctacccctaa acaccctaaa gatcctccaa tg -            #tgaagcca   3000                                                                 - - ccttctaccc ctaaacaacc accatatgtg aaaccaccta ctacccctaa ac -            #accctcca   3060                                                                 - - catgttaaac caccttccac ccctaaacac cctaaacacc ccccacaaaa ac -            #catgccct   3120                                                                 - - cctccatctc atcatggtcc taagccacca attgtaaaac ctccacatgt ac -            #caagacct   3180                                                                 - - cctatagtgc atcctcctcc cattgtctct ccaccttcca cacctaaacc ac -            #caaaaaca   3240                                                                 - - ccaccattca ctccaaaacc accatcacca ataccaccta ttgtttcacc cc -            #ctattgtt   3300                                                                 - - tatccaccaa tcactccaac accacctatt gtccatccac cagtcactcc aa -            #aaccacca   3360                                                                 - - tcaccaacac ctcctattgt ttcacccccc attgtttatc caccaatcac tc -            #caacacca   3420                                                                 - - cctgttgtgt cacctccaat cattccaaca ccacctattg tctctccacc tt -            #ttgtcccc   3480                                                                 - - aatcctcccg tggtaatacc accaccctac gtgccaagtc ctccggttgt ta -            #ctccaccc   3540                                                                 - - atagttccaa caccccctac accatgccca ccaccaccac caccaccagc aa -            #taatacca   3600                                                                 - - tcaccaccag cacaaccaac ttgccccatt gatgctctca agctaggtgc tt -            #gtgtggac   3660                                                                 - - gtgttaggag gactaatcca cattggaatc ggtggaagtg ctaagcaaac at -            #gttgtcca   3720                                                                 - - cttctaggag gactagtaga cttggatgca gccatttgtc tttgcacaac ta -            #ttagactc   3780                                                                 - - aagctcttaa acataaacat cattcttccc attgctctac aggttcttat tg -            #atgattgt   3840                                                                 - - ggcaagtatc cacccaaaga cttcaagtgt ccttcaacct aaatcaaggt tt -            #ccactttt   3900                                                                 - - tctcactttc aattattact cactcctact caatttatgt ggtacagttg ac -            #atttcaag   3960                                                                 - - tattaggccc aattttctta gctcggaatt tttttaaatc tctttaaata tt -            #ttgattta   4020                                                                 - - tactacttat tacgtagttt tcataagtat aaatttcatt tcatatatga at -            #tcacggtc   4080                                                                 - - aaaaatttaa agtttattta accaatgcca cataacttag aacatacaaa ta -            #tctttttg   4140                                                                 - - atcaagattt ggcaattcgt atacaataat ctttagcaag taatatgtat ac -            #caacatta   4200                                                                 - - tgtaatatga tgcagcatat taaacaggac atttgactga tactgccgca tt -            #gtcatagt   4260                                                                 - - tgaaggcaca ataaatgtgt gaaagttcaa tttccatttt atcatggcaa ta -            #aattgaga   4320                                                                 - - aaacaaagga gggatattaa ttaagcttta atttggcgtg tttaattagc tt -            #ttgattaa   4380                                                                 - - tgtactgaat gttgtattta cattattgtt ttagggaaat actaatggta tt -            #tagtatag   4440                                                                 - - tggagtatga atgctgattt gattgtatga acacgaatga atgaggaaag aa -            #tcacctaa   4500                                                                 - - tttatcacgt gttaatct             - #                  - #                      - #4518                                                                  - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 3                                                   <211> LENGTH: 2546                                                            <212> TYPE: DNA                                                               <213> ORGANISM: TPRP-F1 SHORTER PROMOTOR                                      <220> FEATURE:                                                                <221> NAME/KEY: unsure                                                        <222> LOCATION: (3)                                                           <223> OTHER INFORMATION: "n" is any nucleic - #residue                         - - <400> SEQUENCE: 3                                                         - - stnctagaat aaattaactt gattttgagt ccatgtattt agagatacat gt -             #atctggac     60                                                                 - - atatcaaagt ctgataaaat tcataatatt aaaacataga gtgtctttaa gt -            #aattagct    120                                                                 - - catacactag aatgattttt gtaagttaca cttaaataaa ttgttttggc cc -            #atgagcca    180                                                                 - - actgacccca atcaagcctc aagggcttat atgaatcgag tttataagcc ct -            #agtttcaa    240                                                                 - - atgagcttga aaaattctat ctcaactata tccaaataat agattggatt gg -            #atcgaatc    300                                                                 - - ccatgggcta cgcattttga tagctctagt tgtaacccta actaatgatg aa -            #aatatttt    360                                                                 - - tgacatgata tttattttat taccacaatt attttaatat ttattttata ca -            #taatatat    420                                                                 - - ttcttataaa attactacac ataattgtct gatgactgta gaagagtagt tg -            #acaaaata    480                                                                 - - ttatcgcaat gtcattgtta ttataggtac aaattattaa gtgaaagtag aa -            #tataacgt    540                                                                 - - gaaatcgaat taaaaaaata atcagattgt aatgaaatat tattagagag aa -            #gtattaaa    600                                                                 - - gtacctataa acttggcaca aattattagt tttatttctg tactattgac aa -            #ccttaaaa    660                                                                 - - actacttgac taactaaact tagatacacc taattttttg taggagcatg aa -            #actcttaa    720                                                                 - - tgaatggcca agagaagtgt tgaaagcacc cccaaacttg atgagaattt ag -            #agtgtatt    780                                                                 - - tcacccatat tgcaagattg taagtgtatt taaatttagt taatcaatta aa -            #taaatgta    840                                                                 - - ttttgaattc caataattca aggatgaaac aaatagttca tattgaattt aa -            #atgttttt    900                                                                 - - tgaatacttc tttttttctc aatattgact aactagtaca accaggtttg at -            #tatgattt    960                                                                 - - agatttgtac cacataagat tattaaagag aaaaacattc tttgatgatt ca -            #tcttttaa   1020                                                                 - - attctcaaag ctcgaatacg taaaatctaa ttaatatcag cataatctca tt -            #cagaggcg   1080                                                                 - - gagctagcct tgtgttaggg ggtattcaaa ccttctttga ctgaaaattt ta -            #ttatttat   1140                                                                 - - acatgtttaa aattactttt taatgtatat ataatagata tcaaattctt ta -            #atttgtat   1200                                                                 - - ttaattctat aaatattaaa ttactttatt aaaaattcta attctgtcac tc -            #gttcattt   1260                                                                 - - catcacattc ttgacggtga tggtagtgat aattacattg attggagcca ca -            #tgggccgc   1320                                                                 - - tactttttaa aaaggatgaa accttggaat gtagtgaatg ttgagtctca at -            #agctcaat   1380                                                                 - - cacggactca acagcaaagg taagtgccaa aaatctgtcc tctttttccc tt -            #ctccaatt   1440                                                                 - - ggagatactg tcaccttgga caaataatat ttgaaaattt tggcctaaaa gt -            #taggtttg   1500                                                                 - - gagccgtatg gtaatttgat aacacaaatt attatataat tgatatatca ag -            #tatatata   1560                                                                 - - tccaaagttg tcgcattctt cgtttcaatt tgtttctctc actaaaattt tc -            #aattcact   1620                                                                 - - ttttaaaaaa tcgataaatt tttaatataa ctttacataa catattcaaa at -            #tacaaaaa   1680                                                                 - - taaaggatat ttttatatgt ttatttttaa tgtaagatta aatatttaga at -            #tcttttta   1740                                                                 - - agaacggtac aagcaaatta aaagagagaa ggtatattag tgggcctatg ta -            #tctttgta   1800                                                                 - - tacatatgcc tctcaaagag ctacctgatg agtctatata tctttgttga ta -            #gtgattta   1860                                                                 - - acaatttatg tatgtacgta ctaagacatg ttaaataagt acctagagaa ag -            #atttttgg   1920                                                                 - - aaaagtgaaa acagcaataa agaaaagtca tttaaacact ttccaacaaa ca -            #tttggtaa   1980                                                                 - - tcgattttaa ttacccactt aaacaaaact atttgtacgt aaaatgttta ag -            #tagaaaag   2040                                                                 - - agattttttt ttaaaaaaaa aagaaggcaa gaggtcatat atctgaccct tc -            #cttaaatc   2100                                                                 - - cccgcgtata acactttctt tttttttgtg tgtgtatgtt caggaacatt ta -            #tattttct   2160                                                                 - - atttgaaatt tctcattaag tcaaattcga aatcttttaa ataatgtaga aa -            #aatctcat   2220                                                                 - - tatatttaac aatcccactt gatgaattcc taaacatttt ctataaaata ac -            #actaaatc   2280                                                                 - - tttaattata catattacat acctaactca agcatcttgt cggtaaaaat ca -            #ttagaaaa   2340                                                                 - - gaattggaaa tagggaaatt catagacata ttttggttag tatctttgtc ta -            #taagaatg   2400                                                                 - - ggtgtgttaa agagctagtg ccatagtgta ccattctatt ggtagcattt gg -            #caagagtt   2460                                                                 - - attccctctc tccataccaa tggagaagtt taatcttgct agagtcttat tg -            #ttgcttct   2520                                                                 - - tcaacttgga actttgttca ttgccc          - #                  - #                2546                                                                     - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 4                                                   <211> LENGTH: 1704                                                            <212> TYPE: DNA                                                               <213> ORGANISM: TPRP-F1 ALTERNATE PROMOTOR                                    <220> FEATURE:                                                                <221> NAME/KEY: unsure                                                        <222> LOCATION: (3)                                                           <223> OTHER INFORMATION: "n" is any nucleic - #residue                         - - <400> SEQUENCE: 4                                                         - - stnaattcca ataattcaag gatgaaacaa atagttcata ttgaatttaa at -             #gttttttg     60                                                                 - - aatacttctt tttttctcaa tattgactaa ctagtacaac caggtttgat ta -            #tgatttag    120                                                                 - - atttgtacca cataagatta ttaaagagaa aaacattctt tgatgattca tc -            #ttttaaat    180                                                                 - - tctcaaagct cgaatacgta aaatctaatt aatatcagca taatctcatt ca -            #gaggcgga    240                                                                 - - gctagccttg tgttaggggg tattcaaacc ttctttgact gaaaatttta tt -            #atttatac    300                                                                 - - atgtttaaaa ttacttttta atgtatatat aatagatatc aaattcttta at -            #ttgtattt    360                                                                 - - aattctataa atattaaatt actttattaa aaattctaat tctgtcactc gt -            #tcatttca    420                                                                 - - tcacattctt gacggtgatg gtagtgataa ttacattgat tggagccaca tg -            #ggccgcta    480                                                                 - - ctttttaaaa aggatgaaac cttggaatgt agtgaatgtt gagtctcaat ag -            #ctcaatca    540                                                                 - - cggactcaac agcaaaggta agtgccaaaa atctgtcctc tttttccctt ct -            #ccaattgg    600                                                                 - - agatactgtc accttggaca aataatattt gaaaattttg gcctaaaagt ta -            #ggtttgga    660                                                                 - - gccgtatggt aatttgataa cacaaattat tatataattg atatatcaag ta -            #tatatatc    720                                                                 - - caaagttgtc gcattcttcg tttcaatttg tttctctcac taaaattttc aa -            #ttcacttt    780                                                                 - - ttaaaaaatc gataaatttt taatataact ttacataaca tattcaaaat ta -            #caaaaata    840                                                                 - - aaggatattt ttatatgttt atttttaatg taagattaaa tatttagaat tc -            #tttttaag    900                                                                 - - aacggtacaa gcaaattaaa agagagaagg tatattagtg ggcctatgta tc -            #tttgtata    960                                                                 - - catatgcctc tcaaagagct acctgatgag tctatatatc tttgttgata gt -            #gatttaac   1020                                                                 - - aatttatgta tgtacgtact aagacatgtt aaataagtac ctagagaaag at -            #ttttggaa   1080                                                                 - - aagtgaaaac agcaataaag aaaagtcatt taaacacttt ccaacaaaca tt -            #tggtaatc   1140                                                                 - - gattttaatt acccacttaa acaaaactat ttgtacgtaa aatgtttaag ta -            #gaaaagag   1200                                                                 - - attttttttt aaaaaaaaaa gaaggcaaga ggtcatatat ctgacccttc ct -            #taaatccc   1260                                                                 - - cgcgtataac actttctttt tttttgtgtg tgtatgttca ggaacattta ta -            #ttttctat   1320                                                                 - - ttgaaatttc tcattaagtc aaattcgaaa tcttttaaat aatgtagaaa aa -            #tctcatta   1380                                                                 - - tatttaacaa tcccacttga tgaattccta aacattttct ataaaataac ac -            #taaatctt   1440                                                                 - - taattataca tattacatac ctaactcaag catcttgtcg gtaaaaatca tt -            #agaaaaga   1500                                                                 - - attggaaata gggaaattca tagacatatt ttggttagta tctttgtcta ta -            #agaatggg   1560                                                                 - - tgtgttaaag agctagtgcc atagtgtacc attctattgg tagcatttgg ca -            #agagttat   1620                                                                 - - tccctctctc cataccaatg gagaagttta atcttgctag agtcttattg tt -            #gcttcttc   1680                                                                 - - aacttggaac tttgttcatt gccc          - #                  - #                  1704                                                                     - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 5                                                   <211> LENGTH: 2293                                                            <212> TYPE: DNA                                                               <213> ORGANISM: ROLB GENE                                                      - - <400> SEQUENCE: 5                                                         - - atgcatccca aataggcgag tgagatggaa gggaggcaat gacacgaaat tt -             #gtctatgt     60                                                                 - - gtcctagata tgtaagaatt cactgatata ttgagtgtat ctagaataaa tt -            #aacttgat    120                                                                 - - tttgagtcca tgtatttaga gatacatgta tctggacata tcaaagtctg at -            #aaaattca    180                                                                 - - taatattaaa acatagagtg tctttaagta attagctcat acactagaat ga -            #tttttgta    240                                                                 - - agttacactt aaataaattg ttttggccca tgagccaact gaccccaatc aa -            #gcctcaag    300                                                                 - - ggcttatatg aatcgagttt ataagcccta gtttcaaatg agcttgaaaa at -            #tctatctc    360                                                                 - - aactatatcc aaataataga ttggattgga tcgaatccca tgggctacgc at -            #tttgatag    420                                                                 - - ctctagttgt aaccctaact aatgatgaaa atatttttga catgatattt at -            #tttattac    480                                                                 - - cacaattatt ttaatattta ttttatacat aatatatttc ttataaaatt ac -            #tacacata    540                                                                 - - attgtctgat gactgtagaa gagtagttga caaaatatta tcgcaatgtc at -            #tgttatta    600                                                                 - - taggtacaaa ttattaagtg aaagtagaat ataacgtgaa atcgaattaa aa -            #aaataatc    660                                                                 - - agattgtaat gaaatattat tagagagaag tattaaagta cctataaact tg -            #gcacaaat    720                                                                 - - tattagtttt atttctgtac tattgacaac cttaaaaact acttgactaa ct -            #aaacttag    780                                                                 - - atacacctaa ttttttgtag gagcatgaaa ctcttaatga atggccaaga ga -            #agtgttga    840                                                                 - - aagcaccccc aaacttgatg agaatttaga gtgtatttca cccatattgc aa -            #gattgtaa    900                                                                 - - gtgtatttaa atttagttaa tcaattaaat aaatgtattt tgaattccaa ta -            #attcaagg    960                                                                 - - atgaaacaaa tagttcatat tgaatttaaa tgttttttga atacttcttt tt -            #ttctcaat   1020                                                                 - - attgactaac tagtacaacc aggtttgatt atgatttaga tttgtaccac at -            #aagattat   1080                                                                 - - taaagagaaa aacattcttt gatgattcat cttttaaatt ctcaaagctc ga -            #atacgtaa   1140                                                                 - - aatctaatta atatcagcat aatctcattc agaggcggag ctagccttgt gt -            #tagggggt   1200                                                                 - - attcaaacct tctttgactg aaaattttat tatttataca tgtttaaaat ta -            #ctttttaa   1260                                                                 - - tgtatatata atagatatca aattctttaa tttgtattta attctataaa ta -            #ttaaatta   1320                                                                 - - ctttattaaa aattctaatt ctgtcactcg ttcatttcat cacattcttg ac -            #ggtgatgg   1380                                                                 - - tagtgataat tacattgatt ggagccacat gggccgctac tttttaaaaa gg -            #atgaaacc   1440                                                                 - - ttggaatgta gtgaatgttg agtctcaata gctcaatcac ggactcaaca gc -            #aaaggtaa   1500                                                                 - - gtgccaaaaa tctgtcctct ttttcccttc tccaattgga gatactgtca cc -            #ttggacaa   1560                                                                 - - ataatatttg aaaattttgg cctaaaagtt aggtttggag ccgtatggta at -            #ttgataac   1620                                                                 - - acaaattatt atataattga tatatcaagt atatatatcc aaagttgtcg ca -            #ttcttcgt   1680                                                                 - - ttcaatttgt ttctctcact aaaattttca attcactttt taaaaaatcg at -            #tttaatta   1740                                                                 - - cccacttaaa caaaactatt tgtacgtaaa atgtttaagt agaaaagaga tt -            #ttttttta   1800                                                                 - - aaaaaaaaag aaggcaagag gtcatatatc tgacccttcc ttaaatcccc gc -            #gtataaca   1860                                                                 - - ctttcttttt ttttgtgtgt gtatgttcag gaacatttat attttctatt tg -            #aaatttct   1920                                                                 - - cattaagtca aattcgaaat cttttaaata atgtagaaaa atctcattat at -            #ttaacaat   1980                                                                 - - cccacttgat gaattcctaa acattttcta taaaataaca ctaaatcttt aa -            #ttatacat   2040                                                                 - - attacatacc taactcaagc atcttgtcgg taaaaatcat tagaaaagaa tt -            #ggaaatag   2100                                                                 - - ggaaattcat agacatattt tggttagtat ctttgtctat aagaatgggt gt -            #gttaaaga   2160                                                                 - - gctagtgcca tagtgtacca ttctattggt agcatttggc aagagttatt cc -            #ctctctcc   2220                                                                 - - ataccaatgg agaagtttaa tcttgctaga gtcttattgt tgcttcttca ac -            #ttggaact   2280                                                                 - - ttgttcattg ccc              - #                  - #                      - #    2293                                                                  - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 6                                                   <211> LENGTH: 27                                                              <212> TYPE: DNA                                                               <213> ORGANISM: Chimeric gene TPRP-F1                                          - - <400> SEQUENCE: 6                                                         - - tggtaccggg caatgaacaa agttcca          - #                  - #                 27                                                                    __________________________________________________________________________

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for the production of geneticparthenocarpy in plants comprising the steps of:A. providing a cassetteincluding:i. a DNA sequence coding for a protein comprising thesequences of the rolB gene that modulates the auxin effects in plants;and ii. a promoter specific for the ovary between anthesis and earlyfruit development to control the DNA sequence; and B. introducing thecassette into a plant comprising the steps of:i. transforming plantmaterial, comprising seed derived from cotyledons, by stepscomprising:a. providing a plasmid incorporating said cassette; b.introducing said plasmid into A. tumefaciens; and c. incorporating saidplasmid into the plant material by co-cultivation with the A.tumefaciens including the plasmid; and ii. regenerating transformedplants: and C. screening said plant for either facultative or obligatoryparthenocarpic characteristics.
 2. A method according to claim 1 whereinthe promoter specific for the ovary between anthesis and early fruitdevelopment includes the sequences as specified in SEQ ID NO:
 1. 3. Amethod according to claim 1 wherein the promoter specific for the ovarybetween anthesis and early fruit development includes the sequences asspecified in SEQ ID NO:
 2. 4. A method according to claim 1 wherein thepromoter specific for the ovary between anthesis and early fruitdevelopment includes the sequences as specified in SEQ ID NO:3.
 5. Amethod according to claim 1 wherein the promoter specific for the ovarybetween anthesis and early fruit development includes the sequences asspecified in SEQ ID NO:
 4. 6. A method according to claim 1 wherein thestep of screening includes:growing the plant to produce fruit; andexamining the fruit for seed production under at least one conditionselected from the group consisting of: fertilization permissiveconditions and fertilization restrictive conditions.
 7. A methodaccording to claim 1 wherein the plant is a tomato plant.
 8. A tomatoplant produced by the method of claim
 1. 9. Fruit of a tomato plantproduced by the method of claim 1.